“The economy is still substantially that of the fur trade, still based on the same general kinds of commercial items: technology, weapons, ornaments, novelties, and drugs. The one great difference is that by now the revolution has deprived the mass of consumers of any independent access to the staples of life: clothing, shelter, food, even water. Air access remains the only necessity that the average user can still get for himself, and the revolution has imposed a heavy tax on that by way of pollution. Commercial conquest is far more thorough and final than military defeat.” WayKindStillsWaterDifferencesTechnologyEconomyAirMilitaryRevolutionDrugTaxesWeaponsMassIndependentRemainsTradeFinalsDefeatAverageHeavyAccessConsumersClothingsUsersPollutionShelterConsumerismConquestItemsDeprivedNoveltyFurThoroughOrnamentsOverconsumptionStaples Book:The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture Source: The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
“We Communists have got to string along with the capitalists for a while. We need their agriculture and their technology. But we are going to continue massive military programs. . . (soon) we will be in a position to return to a much more aggressive foreign policy designed to gain the upper-hand.” NeedsHandsTechnologyMilitaryPolicyPositionReturnGainsProgramStringsMassiveCommunistAggressiveCapitalistForeign PolicyAgricultureUpper Hand Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. It's only when we use them for good or for evil that they become good or evil.” ThinkingWarUseRealityEvilTechnologyMilitaryCall Of DutyGood War Author:William Gibson
“Anne Arundel County has become the world's epicenter of military intelligence and defense-related information technology.” WorldTechnologyMilitaryInformationDefenseRelatedCountyInformation TechnologyMilitary Intelligence Author:John R. Leopold
“Many of us in the West have come to feel that the development of technology in the military and economic fields has produced a single world in which the central problems, both military and economic, are going to require co-operation rather than continued confrontation and competition.” WorldFeelsProblemTechnologyEconomicMilitaryFieldsDevelopmentCompetitionWestOperationsConfrontationDevelopment Of Technology Author:Denis Healey
“I feel very strongly that history is about everything. It isn't just about politics or the military or social issues. If art, music, engineering, science, medicine, finance, the world of architecture and technology - if those are left out, then you're not getting a full sense of the human condition. History is human and we human beings are involved in all kinds of things and that's part of our humanity.” IfsWorldFeelsHumansKindArtHumanityLeftSocialHuman BeingsTechnologyIssuesConditionsMilitaryInvolvedMedicineArchitectureAll KindsFinanceVery StrongHuman ConditionEngineeringSocial IssuesLeft OutArt Music Author:David McCullough
“...Local prohibitions cannot block advances in military and commercial technology... Democratic movements for local restraint can only restrain the world's democracies, not the world as a whole.” WorldWholeTechnologyDemocracyMilitaryMovementDemocraticLocalsBlockRestraintProhibition Book:Engines of Creation Source: Engines of Creation
“We, the great American nation, decided that we've got 138 military bases around the world and we've now figured out that we can buy these drones from the Israelis, and we've decided that the way to proceed is to use this new technology to go and kill anybody that we don't like or who disagrees with us or who we might perceive as making an existential threat.” WorldWayUseMightNationsTechnologyMilitaryDecidedBasesThreatAround The WorldPerceiveDisagreeExistentialNew TechnologyGreat AmericanDronesMilitary Bases Author:Roger Waters
“Israel is a big provider of military technology to Brazil and this has caused a big breach in the two sides of the government. On the one hand, you have the diplomatic side. On the other side, Brazil's military has been quoted in the local press as being quite upset that this diplomatic standoff could affect the military relationship.” Has BeensTwoHandsBigsGovernmentSidesTechnologyMilitaryPressesIsraelLocalsUpsetTwo SidesBrazilDiplomaticProvidersBreachStandoffs Author:Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
“The U.S. military is investing in new storage technology because most of the weight that soldiers carry on their backs is batteries. Once that gets developed for the military, it will be expanded to civilians.” TechnologyMilitaryWeightInvestingSoldierCiviliansBatteriesStorage Author:Christiana Figueres
“It is well known that Russia has many interesting and promising developments in the military-technical sphere. We are ready to deliver the needed equipment and ready for joint cooperation in arms production with Brazilian specialists. This is an area that is very closely linked to high technology in general. In this respect, we hope to develop closer cooperation between the scientific communities in our two countries.” WellsTwoCountryCommunityInterestingKnownTechnologyMilitaryReadyArmsDevelopmentNeededAreasProductionsRussiaCooperationSpheresEquipmentWell KnownLinkedJointsSpecialistsTwo CountriesHigh Technology Author:Vladimir Putin
“If you look at the Gulf War or new military technologies, they are moving towards cyberwars. Most video-technologies and technologies of simulation have been used for war. For example, video was created after the Second World War in order to radio-control planes and aircraft carriers. Thus video came with the war. It took twenty years before it became a means of expression for artists.” IfsWorldYearsLooksMeanHas BeensWarMovingUsedArtistOrderTechnologyMilitaryExampleExpressionTwentiesRadioVideoPlanesWar Of The WorldsWorld War ISecond World WarAircraftSimulationCarrierGulf WarAircraft Carriers Author:Paul Virilio
“What will prevail is this will to reduce the world to the point where one could possess it. All military technologies reduce the world to nothing. And since military technologies are advanced technologies, what they actually sketch today is the future of the civil realm.” WorldTodayTechnologyMilitaryRealmsAdvanced Technology Author:Paul Virilio
“America's military is second to none in the world. We're blessed with terrific soldiers, and extraordinary technology and intelligence. But the idea of a trillion dollars in cuts through sequestration and budget cuts to the military would change that.” WorldIdeasAmericaTechnologyCuttingMilitaryBlessedDollarsExtraordinarySoldierBudgetsTerrificBudget Cuts Author:Mitt Romney
“I have been around military technology people a lot because of my role in virtual reality I've seen weapons from conception to implementation. And there is an extraordinary gadget lust that drives the military. So it's possible that war is just the ultimate expression of creativity.” PeopleHas BeensWarRealityRolesCreativityTechnologyMilitaryExpressionWeaponsUltimateExtraordinaryLustConceptionVirtual RealityGadgetsImplementation Author:Jaron Lanier
“I would argue that among musicians who work in technology today, the level of technological sophistication probably exceeds that of military programs, to be blunt. They are just really smart people attracted to making strange new sounds.” PeopleTodaySoundLevelsTechnologyMilitaryStrangeMusicianSmartProgramArguingTechnologicalExceedBluntSmart PeopleSophisticationReally Smart Author:Jaron Lanier
“America can't provide health care to people who need it. We can't invest in science and technology, which will determine whether or not we are going to be competitive in the long term. There has never been a country on Earth that saw its economy decline and yet maintained its military superiority.” PeopleLongCountryCareEarthTermTechnologyEconomyMilitaryDetermineHealth CareLong TermSuperiorityScience And Technology Author:Barack Obama